How to Use genetic marker in a Sentence

genetic marker

noun
  • The team did not find any of this male genetic marker inside of the tooth enamel.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 June 2026
  • In this case, researchers traced a genetic marker for the splotchy tabby fur color.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 19 June 2017
  • But these physical or genetic markers alone don’t tell the whole story.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 14 Feb. 2018
  • DNA tests that test for less genetic markers will be less accurate.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • DNA tests that test for less genetic markers will be less accurate.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
  • DNA tests that test for less-genetic markers will be less accurate.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
  • DNA tests that test for less-genetic markers will be less accurate.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Even so, our species interbred with both and picked up genetic markers that are still detectable in some people today.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2019
  • If scientists find a genetic marker for a type of cancer in dogs, for instance, that could be explored in humans.
    — NBC News, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The same genetic markers that tell cells and tissues to form a head in one species can result in different anatomy in other species.
    — Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The advice does not apply to women who’ve had breast cancer or those at very high risk of breast cancer because of genetic markers.
    — Carla K. Johnson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2024
  • With bone marrow transplants, genetic markers are used to determine a suitable match.
    — David Tarrant, Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2020
  • Of the genetic markers that have been shown to exist in individual tribes so far, none is exclusive.
    — Adam Rutherford, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2017
  • The studies also identified a genetic marker that might put children at higher risk of this outcome.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 29 July 2022
  • That is a high number of genetic markers for a supposedly extinct people.
    — Haruka Sakaguchi, National Geographic, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Shensky said many of those young people will also be tested for genetic markers that indicate colon cancer.
    — Eva Flowe april 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The instruments that processed those tests can be modified to look for genetic markers of the coronavirus.
    — Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Fraudsters preyed on people’s fears of harboring genetic markers for diseases such as cancer.
    — Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2019
  • What are the connections between genetic markers and disease?
    — Quanta Magazine, 30 Sep. 2013
  • The number of genetic markers tested also plays a role in accuracy.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
  • As the genetic markers used in matching are inherited, donors are most likely to match someone who shares the same ethnic background.
    — Mike Hutton, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Because genetic markers are used to determine matches, donors are most likely to be someone who shares the same ethnic background.
    — Vanessa Hua, SFChronicle.com, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Still, the new treatments benefit only a small number of patients with certain genetic markers.
    — al, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Being sedentary had a stronger impact on people with a certain genetic marker for Alzheimer’s disease.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 15 May 2025
  • Baccus also is working on the first study to determine the melanistic whitetails’ genetic markers.
    — John Goodspeed, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Feb. 2018
  • The organoid cells expressed genetic markers of metabolic stress, but this expression was reduced when the cells were grafted into a mouse brain.
    — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Many of the Avar ancestors still retained East Asian genetic markers.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2025
  • There is a genetic marker for whether a person can actually reach that top of the spectrum, according to Caniglia.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Precision medicine, and the use of genetic markers to predict the success of treatments, promises to help answer these questions.
    — Casey Ross, STAT, 4 June 2018
  • That pulls off the double-whammy of expanding a cancer drug’s reach while also narrowing its use cases based on genetic markers.
    — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2019

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